FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has confirmed that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will not be held in June or July.

Such a change will have a knock-on effect not only on TV scheduling around the World Cup itself, but also the broadcast of Premier League, Football League, FA Cup and League Cup games in the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 seasons - with the transmission of other prime time TV also likely to be radically altered.

The decision in 2010 to award the World Cup to Qatar proved controversial at the time, with many noting that the traditional summer timing would likely prove too hot in the region.

"The dates for the World Cup [in Qatar] will not be June and July,'' Valcke told Radio France.

"To be honest, I think it will be held between November 15 and January 15 at the latest."

He added: "If you play between November 15 and the end of December that's the time when the weather conditions are best, when you can play in temperatures equivalent to a warm spring season in Europe, averaging 25 degrees. That would be perfect for playing football.''

Valcke is the second-most powerful presence in FIFA behind president Sepp Blatter.